Employment & Immigration | Contracts
Well drafted service agreements, employment contracts and policies safeguard the rights of both employees and employers. Investment in the documentation and ensuring the documentation is properly tailored promotes the smooth running and protection of the business.
We have wide experience in drafting and advising on all types of employment and work related documentation, including bonus and incentive structures.
Recent instructions include:
- Advising a National House-builder on a breach by a former of employee of their post-termination obligations including breach of restrictive covenants and confidential information
- Advising on the enforceability of restrictive covenants and drafting post termination restraints for an international security company
- Drafting “self-employed” contracts for subcontractors for a courier company
- Drafting staff handbooks tailored to individual client requirements, including a firm of architects and a chain of privately owned restaurants
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Nicholas Lakeland an employment partner, discusses the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in the workplace in light of the #MeToo movement and pending a House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee (CWEC) inquiry into their potential abuse.
Today is an important one for those at risk of being defrauded out of their occupational pensions by cold calling scammers. From today, it will be illegal to cold call or text individuals to encourage them to transfer their safe and valuable pension into risky and usually fraudulent schemes.
The 2018 summer heatwave has seen temperatures soar in offices and workplaces, and raises, questions about the lack of maximum temperatures in any regulations or guidance. So, when is it too hot to work?
Employment Partner, Nicholas Lakeland recently featured on BBC Kent Drive Time with Steve Allen and Lauren Troup following Boris Johnson’s resignation speech in the House of Commons to discuss whether he had resigned ‘in the right way’ and generally what is the ‘right way’ to resign?
Nicholas Lakeland discusses this case which highlights that employers should be careful to consider the impact of symptoms of the menopause on an employee at work and that, in severe cases, these symptoms may amount to a disability.
Employees who are not able to get to work on account of snow generally expect to receive their salary. However, unless their employment contract expressly provides for this, there is no obligation for employers to pay the day’s wages.
Nicholas Lakeland examines legislation amending the rules around PAYE settlement agreements, published following a 2016 consultation.
Following the Presidents Club scandal, Nicholas Lakeland, examines the extent to which non-disclosure agreements prevent workers from speaking out and whether there is a lack of awareness about what is and what is not legally binding in an NDA.
Chair of the Trustees of the Schemes – Robin Ellison – an eminent pension lawyer and expert – is appearing before the Works and Pension Committee today to face questions on the Trustees’ actions.
Would a suggested limit of four weeks help to end the abuse of internships by some employers? Nicholas Lakeland, looks at proposals to improve the current internship system and clamp down on prolonged, unpaid holiday.
Employment lawyers and HR teams are well acquainted with the routine dance involved in the negotiation of settlement agreements. However, it is important to note that HMRC has decided to make some changes which will affect some of the steps taken when negotiating exit payments.
The collapse of Carillion will cause a great deal of disruption and financial uncertainty. Those unfortunate enough to be affected by these events will require swift expert advice.
Often a fertile breeding ground for over-drinking, boisterous behaviour and ill-advised amorous advances, the Christmas party provides a host of potential pitfalls for employers.
In this briefing we tackle one of the biggest and most uncertain of all Brexit topics: what will happen to our laws after we leave?
In the wake of the recent suspension of Jeremy Clarkson, we conduct a review of the topic of suspension and ask; is suspension always considered a neutral act?
According to the International Labour Organization, a specialised agency of the United Nations, there are almost 21 million people in forced labour worldwide
Does travel to the first and from the last assignment of the day count as ‘working time’?
Dealing with the threat of employee competition requires swift investigation, robust action and careful handling.
Despite smoking being banned in enclosed workplaces for some time within England and Scotland, employers are now facing a fresh challenge in the form of the use of e-cigarettes within the workplace.